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More than 15 Indian workers trapped after hydroelectric tunnel blast kills nine

More than 15 workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel being built for a hydroelectric project in India’s rugged northeastern state of Sikkim that killed nine, officials said.

Monday’s incident took place at state-owned power firm NHPC’s NHPC.NS project on the Teesta river in the village of Samardung, district official Subash Ghimirey told Reuters. “The incident was caused by a possible natural gas blast but we cannot say for sure yet,”...

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